Agri-Business
New Zealand government to phase out live exports by sea
The New Zealand government has announced that the export of livestock by sea will cease following a transition period of...
New Zealand
Dairy
New Zealand milk output to fall by 10%
New Zealand milk output will fall by 10% by 2030 as the country’s dairy industry confronts the combined challenge of...
Arable
New Zealand commits to 7-year IPM programme for tillage sector
New Zealand’s tillage, horticulture and vegetable sectors have embarked on a seven-year programme, which should lead to the widespread implementation...
Agri-Business
Fonterra posts ‘most encouraging progress to date’ in latest sustainability report
Fonterra has reported its “most encouraging sustainability results since starting its annual reporting four years ago”, according to the Kiwi...
Agri-Business
Fonterra chairman announces plans to step down
Fonterra Cooperative’s chairman John Monaghan has confirmed that he will retire as a director of the Kiwi co-op when his...
Rural Life
Emergency services called ‘as precaution’ following Fonterra factory fire
Emergency services including fire and ambulance vehicles were called to a factory owned by Fonterra as a precautionary measure following...
Beef
Brexit ‘no-deal' will have a 'withering impact' on the UK’s livestock sectors
Stakeholder groups within Northern Ireland’s beef and lamb sectors have issued a withering perspective on the threat of a ‘no-deal’...
Agri-Business
Checking and moving stock on the farm…with drones that bark
Farmers are increasingly using technology to try and take the hardship out of farming, with drones now taking on the...
Dairy
New Zealand looks to change its export focus
With a limited home market of only 4.7 million people, roughly the same as the Republic of Ireland, about 95%...
National Ploughing Championships
Kiwi company keen to connect: Duncan Ag at this year's 'Ploughing'
Kiwi company Duncan Ag will launch its Renovator MK4 no-till drill at this year’s National Ploughing Championships. Founded in 1937...
Dairy
This is why Brexit will prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector
Dale Farm CEO Nick Whelan believes that Brexit could prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector. He said that outsiders...
N.Ireland
This is why Brexit will prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector
Dale Farm CEO Nick Whelan believes that Brexit could prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector. He said that outsiders...
Rural Life
Fraudster scams €1,000s from victims hoping to work in New Zealand
A fraudster scammed €1,000s from his victims who were hoping to work for agricultural contractors in New Zealand, listeners to RTE’s...
Dairy
Fonterra: Growing market for low-lactose Whole Milk Powder
Fonterra is looking to capture more a new market with its novel low-lactose instant whole milk powder. NZMP, Fonterra’s ingredients business,...
World News
Hundreds of unclaimed bull semen straws set to be destroyed in New Zealand
Close to 500 New Zealand farmers have been urged by genetics company CRV Ambreed to claim their bull semen stock, before...
Rural Life
Pics: Would you be interested in this 500ha farm in New Zealand?
A dairy and beef farm with close to 540ha of rolling countryside has recently being placed up for auction in...
Dairy
White butter is taking off in the Middle East
Fonterra’s Research and Development Centre has developed a new white butter product to meet growing demand from manufacturers in the...
World News
30% fall in New Zealand sheep numbers in the past decade
The number of sheep in New Zealand has fallen by 30% in the past decade, figures released by Statistics New...
